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Chert Conference

Mon October 14, 2013

Chert Conference

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Jeff Chiarenzelli attended a work shop and field conference on “Chert and Other Lithic Raw Materials Used by Native Americans in New York State” on October 12-13th at the State Museum in Albany. Geologists and Archeologists meet to discuss the properties and geology of chert. A field trip to the Mohawk Valley included seeing numerous chert-bearing lithologies in the Devonian section.